The final chord in the design of each interior is the choice of furniture. Properly selected furniture can elevate even the most modest home. An error in choice, on the contrary, can ruin all your efforts. It's hard not to get confused when choosing furniture when there is so much to choose from. Forged furniture and accessories can fit into any, even complex, interior. Main article: forged products in the interior - furniture, stairs, interior details and more.
Combine forged products with natural materials
Metal looks good in tandem with wood and stone. Materials can be combined in one product or act as a background for each other. For example, stools with wrought-iron legs can be placed opposite a wall covered with boards with a pronounced texture.
This interior has many straight lines, against which the forged legs of the stools stand out.
A suitable background for chairs with openwork metal backs is a table made of solid wood. At the same time, it is advisable to leave the natural texture of the wood, which will bring comfort to the interior and soften the roughness of the forging.
With natural stone the story is more complicated, because it is a cold material, like metal. To add warmth, forged products in the interior should be combined with cream, beige and other warm shades of marble. What are the possible options here:
- tabletop made of light stone and base made of twisted metal elements;
- clock on the marble wall;
- a rack with shelves finished in natural stone;
- and a classic of the genre - a marble staircase with a wrought iron railing.
Light-colored marble effectively demonstrates every curl of the metal fence
The black wrought iron in this interior is supported by a massive chandelier
This is interesting. When we hear the word “forging,” the imagination often pictures a blacksmith hitting a hot iron with a hammer. The era of manual labor has not passed, but now modern machines are used in the production of forged products. Therefore, it is wrong to reduce forging exclusively to manual labor.
We offer a version of a beautiful wrought-iron staircase railing in a private house in this video.
What is the color of forged or cast metal?
If we talk about the color of forged products, then it can be a shade of the manufacturing material itself, without changing its metallic appearance of natural origin (aluminum, steel, cast iron, nickel, copper, etc.). Objects made by a blacksmith are often doused with various chemical compounds that give an unusual effect, and are also covered with precious compounds. Modern technologies make it possible to create a slightly moldy patina that will look great in a classic style, or to luxuriously gild details, such as in baroque, rococo, eclecticism, art deco, ethnic or oriental styles. Products made from alloys like Damascus steel look incredibly beautiful, especially if it is a victorious Empire style.
The modern fireplace is skillfully decorated with unusual forged elements with a slight blackening
Surround your forging with classic-style objects
Twisted elements invariably make us associate forged products, in particular furniture, with classic interiors. The historical context, when forging was the domain of rich people and decorated the royal bedchambers, supports this stereotype. And it really has a place in interior design.
Forged chairs echo not only the patterns on the walls, but also the openwork mirror
A wrought-iron banquette in combination with a wooden floor, stucco, heavy curtains and a multi-tiered chandelier is an unchanging classic, perhaps pompous, but verified and recognizable. But this does not mean that every detail should scream about luxury and wealth. Forging in the interior can be accompanied by more mundane things:
- tulle curtains;
- simple ceiling lamps made of wood;
- furniture with leather upholstery;
- coffee tables with thin legs.
Forged furniture and accessories look good in neoclassical interiors, the philosophy of which is based on strict aristocratic canons.
Use a light background
Forged products for the interior are often painted in dark shades, so a white background helps highlight all kinds of curls and make them noticeable in the interior. So, on a wall in beige tones you can hang an openwork clock, a mirror or a shelf.
Even small details of the forged console are visible on the white background.
In order for mirrors to complement each other in the interior, they must be hung side by side. This way they will be in the same field of view
The background can also be furniture upholstery, the frame of which is made of light leather or velvet. Plain curtains in dusty shades will also help highlight the beauty of forging.
Bathroom
Increasingly, forged decorative items can be found in restrooms. And it is not surprising, since many metal products, for example, stainless steel, do not corrode, and if over time they acquire some undesirable shade, then this is fixable and not at all so critical, especially in comparison with short-lived materials that deform from constant humidity. Therefore, in luxurious mansions, bathrooms are richly decorated with paraphernalia made by the hands of a master blacksmith. These can be laconic carved legs for an oval bathtub standing in the middle of the room, a wall-mounted lace cabinet for a washbasin, twisted edging of large mirrors, as well as sophisticated sconces and hanging chandeliers. Forged products are an unconditional exclusivity that will never go out of fashion.
Forged elements of a strict modern type indicate a clear elaboration of the style of the bathroom
The silver bathtub legs are hand-forged especially for this bathroom design project
Elegant wrought iron details on the sink and mirror complement the classic style of the spacious powder room.
Complement forged items with textiles
Loves forging and textiles. Soft, fleecy materials pacify the cold nature of metal and help create coziness in the home.
It is not necessary to use textiles exclusively for upholstery. Metal ornaments can be surrounded by fluffy carpets and thick textured curtains hung on the windows. Woolen blankets and corduroy bedspreads, pleasant to the touch, will also accompany a bed or chaise longue with an openwork backrest.
Two details helped to fit a bed with metal headboards into this interior: light walls and textiles with fur.
Advice. Try to use materials with a pronounced texture: corduroy, velvet, tapestry, plush, linen. This way you will diversify the visual component of the interior and highlight the metal elements. Textiles can be changed depending on the season: in the summer, make the bed with linen bedspreads, and in the winter - with plush or faux fur.
Pick up some forged items
For the interior to look harmonious, it must repeat shapes, materials and shades. If you place a forged chair in the corner of a living room where wood predominates, the forging will be lost among the wood patterns. If you surround the chest of drawers with a pair of identical chairs or purchase a wrought-iron dining group for the kitchen-living room, the effect will be different. Metal patterns will not look ridiculous and lonely.
What options are there to harmoniously fit forging into the interior:
- hang two identical mirrors in a wrought-iron frame on the walls;
- choose two different objects with the same pattern: for example, a mirror and a coffee table;
- let the metal ornament be repeated in the design of wallpaper or furniture upholstery. It is not necessary to strive for absolute identity; the main thing is to achieve the effect so that individual elements of the interior echo each other.
To make your interior original, take a closer look at designer forged products
Forged patterns can be an independent decor
Luxurious furniture from the author's blacksmith shop
Furniture is increasingly being forged according to an individual design project in order to acquire these non-trivial forms necessary for chic. It looks expensive, and the price list is no less. But it’s definitely worth it, because it’s difficult to find even two identical examples of handmade art. From openwork metal worked by a blacksmith, completely unique details can be created that adorn the headboard of the bed, frame couches, chairs or armchairs, enhance the legs under the bathtub, support the bases of dressing tables, and subtly complement the doors of wardrobes, sideboards, and kitchen units.
Chic wrought iron edging on sofas and armchairs along with cast high tables in a classic living room clearly transforms the interior
In general, all custom-made forged furniture is a whole work of art created by professional craftsmen. And to achieve a truly rich and luxurious design, you need to think carefully about every component. You need some parts to match antique items - please make some vintage metal elements like chests or bedside tables - and here you can’t do without forging. Fortunately, advanced technologies make it possible to use artificial aging methods to create a white or greenish patina, and it always looks spectacular in aristocratic country palaces or luxury apartments in a classical or empire style, as well as in eclecticism, art deco, baroque and modern, not excluding modern trends. Forged furniture will turn the family estate into a real royal palace, which will serve as a prominent representative of the surrounding architecture.
Gilded table in ethnic style made by hand-made artistic forging
Choose an item from a different material to match
This tip is similar to the previous one, but the emphasis is on color matching. If the coffee table base is painted in a golden hue, let this tone be repeated in the sofa cushions or curtains. You can use architectural elements if they are in the interior: for example, make forging, columns or stucco in the same color.
Thanks to golden columns and a mirror in a frame, a coffee table with a wrought-iron base does not look lonely
Advice. Forged lamps are popular interior items that should not be forgotten. If you don’t know which company to choose for beds with an openwork headboard, think about buying a chandelier or sconce.
Use simple forms
In the minds of many people, a stereotype has taken root that forging is necessarily openwork patterns with a huge number of curls, reminiscent of the Parisian gates of the end of the last century. But that's not true. Modern forging is still conservative geometric patterns, in which simple forms predominate.
Slightly curved lines, metal and glass are the components of the ideal coffee table for hi-tech and minimalism
The simpler the form, the easier it is to fit into modern interiors, for example, hi-tech or minimalism. In addition, forged objects, the design of which is dominated by straight lines and clear geometry, are less reminiscent of fences along embankments or garden furniture. This is an option for those who are afraid of too openwork patterns in the interior, but want to bring the originality of forging into it.
When you want to get a light interior, you should choose laconic wrought-iron furniture
For forged products of simple shape it is easier to match other interior items
Types of structures
Items can be solid forged or made in parts. In the first case, they are distinguished by their impressive weight, are particularly durable and resistant to external influences. They have no weld seams.
In addition, the price for wrought iron furniture of solid construction is usually higher.
- If it is handmade, then it can be distinguished by its external features.
- This product may have small dents and the edges may be flattened.
- They are usually made to order.
- In this way it is possible to obtain unique products.
Manufacturing custom metal furniture has its advantages. For example, the buyer is not tormented by the question of where to buy forged furniture, he does not waste time searching for a suitable model, he can independently choose a design and realize his interesting ideas.
Each master is ready to provide a photo of forged furniture made by himself. Usually this is very delicate work, the products have a special design. In skillful hands, malleable metal takes on any bizarre shape.
Add gloss
Forging coexists well with mirrors and glossy surfaces. But with one caveat: there should not be too many of them, otherwise the interior becomes cold. You want to decorate a living room in which everything sparkles and shines with warm wood and textiles. Therefore, the “metal and glass” tandem should be present in the form of inclusions. These can be mirrors with forged patterns, coffee tables, lamps and other items.
The glass tabletop makes the forged tabletop more noticeable in the interior
Make forging an accent
In this case, the interior will unfold around the forged object. At the same time, it must be large or original due to the pattern. What does this give? The thing becomes the center of attraction and ceases to be associated with garden landscapes.
Those who prefer conservative interior solutions should take a closer look at beds, dining tables and hallways. For those who are ready to experiment, we recommend thinking about designer wrought iron furniture and products for decorating your home and apartment. It can be:
- candlesticks;
- framed mirrors;
- panel;
- woodpiles;
- fruit stands.
The golden color and pattern reminiscent of fish scales make you pay attention to the table in the interior in this photo.
It is important. Metal rods and strips are used for forging. Depending on the source material, ornaments and patterns are diametrically different. Forging from metal strips looks more original, making it stand out more in the interior.
Forged partitions
Simple zoning of any room in a home can be done using metal partitions. The intertwining patterns of the individual parts of the divider do not “load” the space. Filigree decor is suitable for conditionally highlighting a relaxation or work area. They are used to divide the dining room area into two parts: for cooking and eating. The metal of the partitions can be painted. The most unusual are the models covered with gold or silver colors. The antique effect emphasizes the originality of their design. The shapes of the partitions can be any: trapezoid, rectangle, crescent. They can be installed in wooden frames or mounted without additions. Ceiling partitions are a separate type. They are mounted above the thresholds. Non-standard dividers do not take up room space. Ideal for creating oriental decoration.
